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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 1.35

यद् आबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः । तत् ते बद्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥१॥

yad ābadhnan dākṣāyaṇā hiraṇyaṃ śatānīkāya sumanasyamānāḥ | tat te badnāmy āyuṣe varcase balāya dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya ||1||

What gold the descendants of Dakṣa, well-willing, bound on for Çatānīka, that I bind for thee, in order to life (ā́yus), splendor, strength, to length of life for a hundred autumns.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नैनं रक्षांसि न पिशाचाः सहन्ते देवानाम् ओजः प्रथमजम् ह्य् एतत् । यो बिभर्ति दाक्षायणं हिरण्यं स जीवेषु कृणुते दीर्घम् आयुः ॥२॥

nainaṃ rakṣāṃsi na piśācāḥ sahante devānām ojaḥ prathamajam hy etat | yo bibharti dākṣāyaṇaṃ hiraṇyaṃ sa jīveṣu kṛṇute dīrgham āyuḥ ||2||

Not demons, not piçācás overcome him, for this is the first-born force of the gods; whoso bears the gold of the descendants of Dakṣa, he makes for himself long life among the living.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अपां तेजो ज्योतिर् ओजो बलं च वनस्पतीनाम् उत वीर्याणि । इन्द्र इवेन्द्रियाण्य् अधि धारयामो अस्मिन् तद् दक्षमाणो बिभरद् धिरण्यम् ॥३॥

apāṃ tejo jyotir ojo balaṃ ca vanaspatīnām uta vīryāṇi | indra ivendriyāṇy adhi dhārayāmo asmin tad dakṣamāṇo bibharad dhiraṇyam ||3||

The waters' brilliancy, light, force, and strength, also the heroic powers (vīryà) of the forest trees, do we maintain in him, as in Indra Indra's powers (indriyá); this gold shall he, being capable, bear.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

समानां मासाम् ऋतुभिष् ट्वा वयं संवत्सरस्य पयसा पिपर्मि । इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास् ते ऽनु मन्यन्ताम् अहृणीयमानाः ॥४॥

samānāṃ māsām ṛtubhiṣ ṭvā vayaṃ saṃvatsarasya payasā piparmi | indrāgnī viśve devās te 'nu manyantām ahṛṇīyamānāḥ ||4||

With seasons of summers (? sámā), of months, we [fill] thee, with the milk of the year I fill [thee]; let Indra-and-Agni, let all the gods, approve thee, not bearing enmity.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)